Meaning of Woodshed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An enclosed, roofed structure, often an outbuilding, used primarily to store firewood.
2. A place where punishments or reprimands are administered.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The State Department is incensed, and if this conference fails it will be the woodshed for three Central American presidents.”

“Were you ever taken to the woodshed? Did anyone say, “Stop disagreeing with the president”?”

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